The Meanwhile Pictures

This morning, finally, I got around to taking those pictures of the projects I've been doing since the end of August.  Here they are:

The Tunisian Crochet Washcloth

The Bath Mitt

The Shopping Bag

The Hot Pad in Packer Green and Gold

And...

The finished Laundry Area Wall!  Tada!!!

 

 

The Latest Projects

Although it's been a while since I posted, I have been crocheting!  Here are three of the latest:

This one's called a Ribbed Hat. 

It's done with Red Heart super saver yarn in Fall.

This next little project, Coffee Sleeves (or cozies) was inspired by a pin

I saw on Pinterest. 

There was no pattern included in the link. 

In fact, these little gems are being sold for $10 each! 

Well...I took a look at the picture, figured out a knock-off pattern,

got out my Peaches & Creme cotton yarn in Oasis and my G hook. 

Both of these (one shorter than the other by design) used less than

one 2 oz. ball of yarn (at a cost of a whopping $1.47/ball of yarn)!

 

 

These little cup sleeves will fit one of those cups of coffee

you get at Starbucks or your favorite coffee shop.

They're machine washable and dryable too!

 

Here's the pattern I came up with:



Eco-Friendly Cup Sleeves

Materials:

·        100% cotton worsted weight yarn

·        Size G hook

·        3 Buttons

Notes:

     ·        chain 3 and chain 2 at beginning of rows do not count as stitch.

·        Shell: 5 dc in same stitch.

·        Directions for taller sleeve in parentheses. 

Directions:

Chain 13 (16)

Row 1: Sc in second chain and each chain across (12 sc; 15 sc)

Row 2: Chain 3. Dc in first sc and each sc across (12 dc; 15 dc)

Row 3: Chain 2. Hdc in first 4 dc, dc in remaining dc.

Rows 4-18: repeat rows 2 and 3.

Row 19: Chain 3.  Dc in next stitch picking up loop in beginning chain, repeat across.

Row 20: chain 1. Sc in each dc across. Do not fasten off.

Top: Chain 3. Work 4 dc in same stitch.  Work 8 more shells evenly spaced around top of sleeve.  Fasten off and weave in ends, securing top and bottom of flap.

Sew buttons on flap.

Camera Battery Case

Isn't it just so frustrating when you're all set to take a picture and the batteries in the camera are dead and you don't have any spares along?  Well, I have this little Nikon Coolpix digital camera that I keep in a small, padded camera case that I got at Wal-Mart.  I didn't like the idea of just putting spare batteries in the case where they could bump up against the camera.  So I took the idea of the cell phone cover (18 August 2013 post) and made a smaller version with some adaptations.  It holds 2 AA batteries.

I had a little bit of Peaches & Creme cotton yarn in Psychedelic left over from the chair socks and used that with a G hook.  The whole thing is simply done in rounds of 16 single crochet stitches until the right length is obtained.

Instead of the loop and button closure, I crocheted a length on the back (working back and forth), decreasing by 1 single crochet on both ends, ending with a few rows of 2 single crochet and finally did 2 single crochet together.  Then I made a chain 4 and attaching it to the front of the little case two rows down.  (Gee, I guess the pattern is contained in these two paragraphs!)

And...tada!  Here's what I got:

It fits in the case perfectly and there's plenty of room for my camera.  Now I won't have to worry about not having extra batteries along.

Cell Phone Case

This is just a simple single crochet case I made for my rather small cell phone.  Now when I throw my cell in my purse, it's easy to find!  I found the pattern on Pinterest and used Peaches & crème cotton yarn in Seaside Stripes.